The Mirror of Everyday Life: William Morris’s Book Collecting and the Kelmscott Press October 16, 3:30 pm CMU 202 (Simpson Center Seminar Room) Yuri writes: In accordance with his historical, aesthetic, and political theories, William Morris’s collection of medieval manuscripts, early printed books, and books about medieval art and material culture were meant to …continue reading
Linda Hughes (Texas Christian University): “Transnational Print Journeys into French Fixed Verse Forms”Mon. Oct 30, 3:30pm (CMU 202) Linda writes: Tracing the movement of print and literary forms in the later nineteenth century uncovers a complex transnatonality and intersectionality embedded in what might otherwise seem the most esoteric and confined of literary movements: the …continue reading
Before everyone scatters for the holidays, we’d like to invite you to join us for our quarterly reading group on Wed. 12/6 at 3:30 in the English Dept Grad Lounge (Padelford B-11). This time around, we’ll use John Bowen’s 2009 essay “Time for Victorian Studies?” as an anchor for thinking about historicist scholarly …continue reading
Please join us for our quarterly reading group meeting on Wed. 2/28 at 3:30 pm in the Simpson Center (CMU 202/204). We will have tea, coffee, and snacks aplenty. We are focusing on transatlantic abolitionist poetry this time around, with Meredith McGill’s essay “Frances Ellen Watkins Harper and the Circuits of Abolitionist Poetry” (2012) and …continue reading
Please join us and our early modern colleagues for: Wednesday, April 4th, 3:30-5:00Classics Retold: Celebrating Classical Reception from Aldus Manutius to William MorrisJoin the 18th and 19th century Graduate Research Cluster, the Classics, Medieval, and Early Modern Studies Group, and UW Special Collections on Wednesday, April 4th for a hands-on rare books session, featuring …continue reading
Registration (free!) is now open for the upcoming distributed conference co-hosted by UW, Ecology and Religion in Nineteenth Century Studies. Featuring keynote panels including Gauri Viswanathan, Mike Berners-Lee, and our own Gary Handwerk, this promises to be a stimulating conference we can enjoy from the comfort of home. (You could …continue reading
What: PNW edition of the V21 Collective’s annual summer reading group When: Mon, 9/9 (1-4 [approx.]) & Tues, 9/10 (9-12 [approx.]) Where: Portland: OSU Portland Center (Pioneer Sq, 555 SW Morrison St) Seattle: UW Simpson Center Seminar Room (CMU 202, 2023 King Ln NE) Who: co-organized by Megan Ward (OSU) and Matt Poland (UW) Details: This year, …continue reading
Please join us on Wed. for a two-part discussion that truly has it all (mostly hyphens): 18th-century Anglo-Indian it-narratives, as well as publication advice from senior scholars!If you would like copies of the reading and supplementary materials, please email me.Thanks and looking forward to seeing you! On Wed, 2/20 at 3:30 …continue reading
Please join us next Wed, 2/27 at 3:30 in CMU 202 (Simpson Center seminar room) for a work-in-progress meeting. We will be discussing a dissertation chapter-in-progress by Sarah Faulkner (English) entitled, “Ossianic Virility: Romance, Sentiment, and National Character in The Scottish Chiefs.” Since it is getting to be That Time in the quarter, we will …continue reading
Please join us on Wednesday, April 10, at 3:30 p.m. in the Simpson Center (CMU 202) for a presentation by Dr. Laura Laffrado (Western Washington University) entitled “Digital Research, Literary Studies, and the Ella Higginson Project.” The talk should be of particular interest to those working on nineteenth-century American literature, women writers, poetry, literature …continue reading